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I've been told I'm woke, but it was called being polite when I grew up.

Why read past headlines: I fetched the receipts to show that the vice president's 33-room mansion comes with a full household staff, provided by the Navy.

So why did they lie? Because JD Vance is selling a pathetic tradwife fantasy.

https://www.salon.com/2025/11/26/usha-vance-doesnt-do-dishes-so-why-the-wedding-ring-excuse/

Usha Vance doesn’t do dishes — so why the wedding ring excuse?

The second lady's staff runs the kitchen at the VP's residence

Salon.com

George W. Bush “accidentally” uninsured nine or so million with the bungling that led us into the Great Recession.

But the closest Republicans have come to making cuts that took insurance from mass numbers of Americans was Ronald Reagan’s Medicaid cuts, which led to 600,000 Americans losing their coverage, resulting, of course, in “no administrative savings.”

"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"

Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/russia-u-s-peace-business-ties-4db9b290?st=V4zco4&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

A cease and desist was issued to @dailykos in response to a change in terms revealed 48 hours before our negotiations deadline, and for underreporting the Guild’s cost-savings achieved through voluntary buyouts. Read about that dispute here: https://mediaworkers.org/daily-kos-guild-alleges-bad-faith-in-buyout-layoff-negotiations/
Haven't been here in a bit, may start visiting more often.
NEW: Behnam Rezaei, Twitter’s head of product and engineering, and one of the last non-Elon Musk appointed leaders at the company, just resigned.

A front page article on the Washington Post telling people how to get started with Mastodon?

That’s a big deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/

A guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon

How to get started on social-media site Mastodon, whether you're leaving Twitter or just looking for people who have.

The Washington Post
*Sheepish request* I'm new to Mastodon, but a lot of my former Twitter followers don't know I'm here yet. Someone suggested I could simply ask you fine people to boost me. Would you be so kind? (I promise to post a photo of my dog to say thanks). #WelcomeToMastodon
Musk suspends journalists from Twitter, claims ‘assassination’ danger

Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post and New York Times, had written about dramas surrounding billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.

The Washington Post
Aaron Rupar on Twitter

“Ralph Norman was just on Newsmax. He was not asked about the newly revealed text indicating he advocated for "Marshall Law" to keep Trump in power.”

Twitter